Performance of 7- to 95-year-old individuals in a Chinese version of the category fluency test

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 525-533

  Chan, Agnes S ^a   Poon, Maggie W ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chinese neuropsychological assessment; Living and nonliving concepts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINESE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032740594     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561779956606X     Document Type: Article

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